# 哇

| 哇 | U+54C7, &#21703; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C7 |
| ← 哆 [U+54C6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 哈 → [U+54C8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

哇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土土 (RGG), four-corner 6401$_4$, composition ⿰口圭)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 189, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3593
* Dae Jaweon: page 408, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 611, character 5
* Unihan data for U+54C7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qreː, *qʷraː) : semantic 口 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).
Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wā, wa (wa$^1$, wa$^5$／wa$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ, ˙ㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôa
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wā
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wa
*** Wade–Giles: wa$^1$
*** Yale: wā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
*** Palladius: ва (va)
*** Sinological IPA : /wä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wa
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wå
*** Wade–Giles: wa$^5$
*** Yale: wa
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .ua
*** Palladius: ва (va)
*** Sinological IPA : /wä/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^1$
*** Yale: wā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /waː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôa
*** Hakka Romanization System: ua$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /u̯a²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
*** Tâi-lô: ua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/
* Middle Chinese: 'ea, 'wae
Rime :
| Character | 哇 | 哇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 於佳切 | 烏瓜切 |
| Baxter | 'ea | 'wae |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠɛ/ | /ʔˠua/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚæ/ | /ʔʷᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔæi/ | /ʔua/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaɨj/ | /ʔwaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɛ/ | /ʔua/ |
| Wang Li | /ai/ | /wa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔai/ | /ʔwa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yā | wā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | aai$^1$ | waa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qreː/, /*qʷraː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 哇 | 哇 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4544 | 4554 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 | 圭 |
| Rime group | 支 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 娃 | 窊 |
| Old Chinese | /*qreː/ | /*qʷraː/ |

### Definitions

哇
* Interjection indicating surprise or amazement: wow!, gee
       Wā! Nǐ de yàngzi tài kù le! [Pinyin]
       Wow! You look terrific!
* (onomatopoeia) sound of crying
* (onomatopoeia) sound of vomiting
* (Classical) to vomit
       From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
       Qí xiōng zì wài zhì, yuē: ‘Shì yìyì zhī ròu yě.’ Chū ér wā zhī. [Pinyin]
       Just then his brother came into the house, and said, "It is the flesh of that cackling thing," upon which he went out and vomited it.
* Sentence-final particle: Equivalent of 啊 (a). Only used after words ending in -u, -ao.
    好哇！ ― Hǎo wa! ― hurray!

#### Synonyms

* (wow): (Cantonese) 嘩／哗
* (sentence-final particle):
** 啊 (ā) after -ng, ci, zi, si, chi, zhi, shi
** 呀 (yā) after -a, -o, -e, -i, -ü
** 哪 (nǎ) after -n

#### Compounds

* 哇哇
* 哇哇叫
* 哇老誒 / 哇老诶 (wà láo ei)
* 哇賽 / 哇赛
* 淫哇
* 熱爪哇 / 热爪哇 (rèzhǎowā)
* 爪哇 (Zhǎowā)
* 爪哇人 (Zhǎowārén)
* 爪哇國 / 爪哇国 (Zhǎowāguó)
* 爪哇島 / 爪哇岛
* 爪哇族

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: あい (ai)、わ (wa)
* Kun: よこしま (yokoshima)、はく (haku, 哇く)、むせぶ (musebu)

## Korean
### Hanja

哇 (eum 와 (wa))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

哇: Hán Nôm readings: oa, òa/oà
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